Gita Bhashya -Sankara 313

I, on the other hand, know the beings of the whole past, those who have passed away, and Ī know those, the beings, of the present, as also those of the future; but Me none knows, except that one who is My devotee and takes refuge in Me. It is only because of the want of the knowledge concerning My real Being that (the ordinary) man docs not worship Me.,^[1]

The question arises: "Obstructed by what impediment to knowing Thy real Being, do all creatures bom (in this world) fail to know Thee?" This is answered:

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	Introduction	2
1.	Arjuna visada yogah (Yoga of the Dejection of Arjuna)	6
2.	Saiukhya Yogah (Way of knowledge)	22
3.	Karma Yogah (Way of action)	96
4.	Jnana Karma Saninyasa Yogah (Way of renunciation of action in knowledge)	143
5.	Karmasaninyasa Yogah (Way of renunciation of action)	195
6.	Divyana Yogah (Way of meditation)	233
7.	Saptamo (A) Dhyayah Jnana-Vijnana-yogah (Way of knowledge with realisation)	288
8.	Taraka Brahma Yogah (Saving knowledge of Brahman)	319
9.	Raja-Vidya Raja-Guhya Yogah (Yoga of kingly knowledge and kingly secret)	348
10.	Vibhuti Yogah (Mode of Divine Glory)	385
11.	Visvarapa Darsanam (Vision of the Universal Form)	428
12.	Bhakti Yogah (Way of Devotion)	484
13.	Prakrti-Purusa-Viveka-Yogah (Way of Discriminating Matter and Spirit)	509
14.	Guna-Traya-Vibhaga Yogah (The Way of Discriminating the Three Gunas)	589
15.	Purusottama Yogah (Way to the Supreme Spirit)	621
16.	Daivasura-Sampat-Vibhaga-Yogah (The mode of Dividing Divine and Demminiac Properties)	649
17.	Sraddhaa-Traya-Vibhaga Yogah (The Mode of Division of the Three Kinds of Faith)	676
18.	Moksa-Samnyasa Yogah (The Yoga of Libera tion in Renunciation)	707

Gita Bhashya -Sankara 313

Contents

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -7

References and Context

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